Elazegui, Dulce D.Combalicer, E.2016-04-192016-04-192004PIDS Discussion Paper Series no. 2004-21491_elazeguirealities.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65548This paper aims to showcase the experience of the Magat watershed in the implementation of the watershed management approach. Magat watershed was declared as a forest-reservation area through Proclamation No. 573 on June 26, 1969 because of its great importance to human survival and environmental balance in the region. The Magat case demonstrates the important role that champions like the local government unit (LGU) could play in managing the countrys watersheds. With the Nuevaapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightForest managementLand tenureForest ecosystemsTree tenureReforestationWatershed managementMagat watershedWatershed managementGovernance WatershedParticipatory approachForest reservationManagement support systemFinancial capitalIntellectual capitalSocial institutionsPolitical capitalGovernance WatershedRealities of the watershed management approach: The Magat Watershed experienceTechnical reportNot for quotation without permission from the author(s) and the Institute.